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- Updated: December 6, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — As the Winter Meetings got underway Monday, the D-backs officially announced the signing of free-agent catcher Jeff Mathis to a two-year, $4 million deal, and general manager Mike Hazen and his staff spent the day working on more additions.
“We’re doing our due diligence still,” Hazen said. “Following up on things that started at the GM Meetings and through the period prior to this point. So we have things going on, but nothing close yet. We’re having active conversations.”
Most of those conversations figure to revolve around acquiring bullpen help, which is the chief need for the D-backs at this point. The exact number of arms they hope to acquire is not certain, but it sounds like they’re hoping for more than one.
The cost of relief pitching is not cheap these days — witness Mark Melancon agreeing to a four-year, $62 million contract with the Giants on Monday — but so far the price has not surprised …
